From our first date, we bonded on our love for data driven analyses. So we couldn’t think of a better way to explain our love than through a series of charts from data that we have collected from ourselves!
Neil utilizes data analytics with his MPH degree in Epidemiology from Colorado School of Public Health and job as a health researcher at Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research. Karina earned a MBA in finance from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and uses data analytics as a Senior Vice President on the investment team at Variant investments.
On our first date, at Stickman’s Brewery in Lake Oswego, OR, we shared how much we loved analyzing data, snowboarding, and exploring the Oregon nature.
On our second date, we hit golf balls at our local Topgolf driving range. Embarrassingly, Neil swung his driver into the ground and broke the head of the club completely off (broken club pictured below)
Somehow, even with the embarrassing miss-swing, The beginning of their relationship continued to stay on par. They continued the conversation at the Topgolf bar by discussing their favorite movies and other topics. Before the night ended, Karina and Neil shared an awkward kiss next to Karina’s car before taking off for the night.
Date 3 was a group date with some friends - the theme? Tiki bar hopping! We hopped around to all of the tiki bar themed bars in Portland. Check out the first photo of us together below!
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By the end of the night,
Every day we started to get to know each other more by texting, and continuing to go on dates.
Below are a series of charts we created from our text message data, travel data, Mt. Hood Meadows ski resort lift data, and more!
What is our texting like?
From the start, we began a relationship by texting back and forth. In the tabs below, you can see how our texting has changed at different points in time.
Quantitative Analyses
Total Number of texts Sent
Across Time
Overall
Average Character Count of texts Sent
Across Time
Overall
Qualitative Analysis
